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None of Your Blarney

monologue
This comic monologue gives a male or female actor a chance to do an Irish accent.
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Published in Best Men's Monologues of 2019 (Smith & Kraus)

SAMPLE:

​They say love is blind. 


I disagree. It’s more shortsighted like.

Take them romance novels. Or romcom flicks. Whatta they focus on? The courtship phase.

Dead fierce, sure. But it’s only a wee part of a relationship. In terms o’ time spent, less than one percent.

Bit like comin’ home from a trip around the world an’ sayin’ the highlight was the drive to the airport...


PictureJohnjoe Irwin (Pat)
New Moon Monologues
The Queens of Cups
​London
October 16, 2020

Performed by ​Johnjoe Irwin (Pat)


PictureDavid Orr (Pat)
Original Monologue Contest
Talking Horse Productions
Columbia, Missouri
​September 20, 2020

Performed by David Orr (Pat)


PictureRichard Blaine
Ink Festival
BBC Radio Suffolk
Ipswich, UK
June 17, 2020

Performed by Richard Blaine (Pat)

Alsp broadcast on

East Suffolk One
Lowestoft, UK
January 18-22, 2020


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PlayList, WoLab
King's Head Theatre
London
March 4-5, 2018

Performed by Conor Deane (Pat)

​Directed by Christopher Adams

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Conor Deane (Pat)

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Valentine's Day Monologue-A-Looza
Samuel French Bookshop
Los Angeles, California
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February 11, 2018

Performed by Brittny Roberts (Pat)

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Brittny Roberts
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PictureAvena Wallace
Just Do Right
Atramental Theatre
Nailour Hall & Jean Stokes Community Hall
​London
November 20-25, 2016

Performed by Avena Wallace (Pat)
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Produced by Rory Devlin


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Scott Finlayson in None of Your Blarney, Spokane, Washington
(staged reading)

​Fast and Furious III
Stage Left Theater
Spokane, Washington
January 30-31, 2016

Produced by Sandra Hosking

Actor: Scott Finlayson (Pat)
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Two contrasting performances by Christine Williamson (comic v dramatic):

Performance by Kasey Leigh Dickerson:
Featured in the TentSquare "Love Letter" Monologue Challenge
Performance by Marco Rocha
Performance by Bryan Atkins
Performance by Edward Caiazzo
Performance by Brian Ceely
Performance by Scott Finlayson (Begins at 8:00 minutes)

* Award: TentSquare "Love Letter" Monologue Challenge  - 1st Place Writer Winner
"It seemed to be a cleverly cynical statement about the hard realities of love, only to turn it around at the last two lines. It surprised and completely sold me."
- Ty Drago (judge)
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